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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-07

In the Columbia-Harvard freshmen boat
race at New London, CT, the crew OF Co
lnmbia were the YictnrS
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-07

GROUP, WHOOPING COUGH and
Bronchitis Immediately relieved by ShilOh's
Cure. For sale by +. A. GarwOOd.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-07

The treasury surplus is expected to b,
reduced to $50, 900, 900 by September.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-07
A Picturesque Government

IL Ar. C--'s ideal republic could lie set up
at Washington, the government of the United
States would be represented by frozen
stare, mounted upon an eyeglass and clad "
Q whits tie.-Courier- Journal
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Mr.. y. II. Psnfieid,
At 621z south Limestone street. ranks
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-07

There is quite likely to be trouble between
England and Turkey,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-07

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PEOPLES COLUMN.

FREE ADVERTISING.
IN AND AFTER Today the Springfield
" DAILY REPUBLIc will insert such ads" -
wants." Lost" For Rent" For Sale"
etc. In this column one time free. three times
for twenty five cents. and six times for nfty
cents. THE SPRINGFIELD PUB. co.
May @. lss7
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-07

MONEY TO LoAN-In sums Of $500 to 81 .O0O
III on three TO ive year, time. on first mort
gage or approved commercial paper. George
II. Coles. room No. /. LAgonda bank building.
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,sumner,s size and Strength

Charles Sumner stood six feet two
inches high without his shoes, and he
was SO well built that his height was
only noticeable when he was neal a per-
son of ordinary size. But there was q
manner about him, a free swing of the
asm, a stride, a pose of his shaggy head,
a sway of his broad shoulders, that gave
to those who knew him best the idea
that he was of heroic size. Then too,
there was something in the intent look
of his deep-set eye, his corrugated
sbrow. the frown born of intense thought,
and his large head, made to seem yet
larger by its crown d thick, heavy,
longish gray hair, all of which gave the
idea of physical greatness; but with his
| frequent smile the set frown passed, his
whole appearance changed, and his face
beamed like a dark lantern suddenly
lighted. His smile effected wonderful
transformation in his whole appearance,
and it set up a peculiar sympathy be-
! tween himself and its recipient.
For one of his sedentary habits, hi
had extraordinary strength, and yet hi
was not an athlete. While in Washing
! tom his only exercise was walking, and
as he believed that it was the pacs
rather than the distance which tells,
when opportunity offered he would &c
at a rate that amazed beholders. Some
persons attempting to join and keep W
with him only succeeded by taking al
. occasional hop, skip, and jump, such a
children practice when walking witt
! their parents. Up to the time of his in
iuries he walked much in Washington,
"a. as he said, he could outwalk omni
buses, and give them long odds.-tCos
manoIitan
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America,s only woman Maxor,

The only woman mayor in America
and the most distinguished product Of
the female suffrage is Mayor Susanna
Medora Salter, of Argonia, Kansas. "A
New York Sun correspondent who visit
ed her rsints this picture:
AT a meeting of the Council / attended
there were four Councilmen present.
Mrs. salter, wearing q street dress and a
fashionable straw hat, presided with
great decorum, and several times checked
discussions which she deemed irrelevant,
10 the evident dislike OF the Aldermen.
four young men, who, though respectful,
bore the air Of protesting pupils Of the
not over-popular school mistress. No
official action was taken on any subject,
though an order Of business was carried
cut and several matters discussed. A
Councilman thought the license on bill
lard tables should be reduced from $25
% $12, 30 q year, asthe present license
was practically prospective. Mrs. salter
thought the town didn't need billiard
saloons badly enough to offer any premi-
q and one Of The Councilman agreeing
With bel, the matter vas dropped. When
The Couacilnaen were asked II they knew
Of nny violations 81 ordinances which
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demanded attention, and no response
came, the Mayor mentioned that she
knew of two small boys having throws
stones through a vacant house, and she
thought they should be arrested and
punished. This was about all the bust
ness transacted, and it is little else that
the Council is ever asked to do.
The Mayor continues to be regarded
as something of a curiosity by even the
townspeople, and as she passes by she is
always pointed out to strangers. The
mlschievous small boy appears to regard
her much as a New York gamin does a
"cop," and s'There's the Mayor" is often
the signal for a general scatter of ur-
chins as she approaches. She is also the
subject of much newspaper comment,
and the butt of some photographers
jokes. She receives letters and clippings,
most of them kindly in tone, by almost
every mail, and one newspaper notice
was sent her all the way from Berlin.
l asked Mrs. Salter if her ambition to
act as a female politician or leader in
woman suffrage circles had been aroused
by her election. She quickly replied:
"No, indeed, l shall be very glad when
my term of office expires, and shall be
only too happy to thereafter devote my
self entirely, as | always have done
heretofore, to the care of my family
And in conversation with a number Of
business men in Argonia 1 found a very
general disposition to rest on the laurels
now won as the only American town
which ever tried the experiment of a
woman Mayor.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
Profitable Wfsso,c0 shoots.

Zone of the most peculiar crops that
we grow in Wayne county, said a gen
tleman from Lyons, n. Y, to a New
York Mail and Express reporter, lis
willow shoots. I suppose we have about
thirty farmers engaged in this business
and all are making money. ! had no
idea there was such a market for willow
goods until I came to New York and
visited 10 many country houses near by.
In Newark | visited a gentleman whose
whole house is furnished with willow
and rattan furniture. Even the little
tables on the back porch Of his house,
that are used for whist parties, are of
this material
ssTo set out an acre of small willow
twigs cannot cost more than SIS, and
this one planting is sufficient for years.
The only additional cost IS for trimming
and gathering, and $40 an acre win
easily cover this. fhc average yield il
six tons to the acre. When you CON
slider that from $16 to SO per ton can
be got Tor the shoots you can see what 4
nice margin 81 profit there i in the bnsi-
nass
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
Useful Hints.

Never have a sink under a window if
you can avoid it.
Keep hard soap in a dry place several
weeks before using and it will last ouch
longer.
Exposure te the sun, it IS said, will re-
move light scorch marks, andfruit or rust
stains yieldDquickly to a weak solution
of oxalic acid.
A half-cup ammonia to a pail of warm
water will cleanse hard-inished walls
nicely; of course the water should be
changed when much soiled.
Perhaps some ladies would like to
know that milliners use an ordinary
polish for ladies' shoes to ~renovate old
black straw hats. Brush out the dust
first. e
Blood stains can be removed from an
article that you do not care to wash by
applying a thick paste, made of starch
and cold wate5 Place in the sun, and
rub off in a couple of hours. If the
stain is not entirely removed, repeat the
process and soon it disappears.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
EOR HI HOU
Yeast Cakes.

Yeast Cakes
a subscriber gives the following re-
cipe for making yeast cakes: Take two
quarts of cold water, one quart of pared
and sliced potatoes and a double handful
of hops, and tie them in a coarse muslin
bag. Use n cup of Indian meal and
-four to make a stiff batter. Boil the
potatoes and hop-bag in two quarts of
hops, and while boiling hot, strain the
potatoes and water through a colander
into a bowl. Stir into the scalding
liquor enough -four to make a stiff bat
ter. Beat all up well, add two table
spoonfuls of lively yeast and set in a
warm place to rise. When light stir IN
a cup of Indian meal, roll into a sheet
half an inch thick, and cut into round
cakes. Dry these in the hot sun or in a
very moderate oven, taking care that
they do not heat to baking. 1t is best
to put them in after the fire has gone
down for the night and leave them III
until morning When entirely dry and
cold hang them up in a bag in a cool,
dry place. Use one cake three inches
in diameter for a losf of fair size; soak
in tepid water until soft; add a pint of
soda or saleratus, then mix. These
cakes will remain good for a month in
summer and from two to three in win
ter.-[Detroit Tribune.
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A Queer. sten.ese Custom,

Among many curious customs peculiar
to Siam none is more remarkable than
that which prescribes that when a ban
quet is given, not merely the menu, but
a fac-simile Of the various plates them
selves, is to be previously submitted to
the king. A few weeks ago aonew hog
tel was opened at Bangkok, and the oc-
casion was celebrated by a sumptuous
banquet. The Bangkok Times, record
ing the event, adds that, according to
the old siamese custom on an opening
day, his majesty the king received, some
three days before the banquet, a fac
smile of the dinner served that even
ing. It consisted of eighteen dishes,
which were all sealed up and despatched
to the palace by an officer who came
down to take charge of them
Rochester Herald.
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UWT mW:

I'm pregnancy, "Favorite Prescription"
is q "mother's cordial" relieving nausea,
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition II
its use is kept up in the latter months OF
CESSATION, it SO prepares the system TOE oe-
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufter1ngs
of that trying ordeal.
ssFavorife Prescriptions when taken
in connection with the use OF DIR. P1erces
Golden Medical Discovery. and small iaxa-
five doses of Oh. Pierce's Purgatlve Peiels
little Liver Pills, cures Liver, kizley ana
bladder diseases. Their combined use ESQ
removes blood taints, n iabollshes can
cerous and scrofulous humors from tine
system. % =. +ha ~ ~
medicine for women sold, by druggists,
Under a positive guarantee rom he
manufacturers that it will ga. satisfac-
ton in every case. or mon 7 will D. re-
funded. This guarantee has been prin.ed
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully nar-
ried out for many year,. Large 00Eties
100 doses $1.OO, o. 'ix bottles fOr
~ Send ten cents in stamps for Dr:
pierce's large, illustrated Trea-1se QoO
Dages) on Diseases of Women.
!. 6ss main street. BUFFALO, NJ.
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Fashion Notes.

Bonnet brims grow larger.
The lace frock is perennial.
Plaid ribbons are coming in vogue.
Buckles on shoes are very fashionable.
We are again promised bigger bon
nets.
The stringless bonnet is the hat of the
season.
Fringed and corded edges continue in
fashion.
Black Suede gloves are correct with
all costumes.
Neapolitan straws are made up with
alternate stripes of jet.
The full sleeve slowly, but surely,
gains ground in popular favor.
Wide surah ribbons are used plenti-
fully to adorn children's dresses.
Some "swiss' dresses show an call
over'' embroidery of small designs.
Checked silk kerchiefs are utilized for
hat trimmings, fchus and plastrons.
You can't get too many jets on a
wrap of either silk, lace or grenadine.
Sashes of the new Roman MORE give a
pretty and bright effect to lace dresses.
Tight sleeves pulled at the shoulder
is the fashion of the day in white suits.
Pinked-out founces, or rather volantes
tapping one wei the other, are seen on
silk gowns.
Small colored pocket handkerchiefs of
silk muslin, linen lawn and batiste are in
high favor.
Milan, satin, rough and English straws
can be procured in all the fashionable
colors going.
Full blouses are SO much in favor that
the revival of all sorts of belts follows as
a matter of course.
Madras plaid sashes are among the
attractive new ribbons and come in all
the desirable combinations of color.
Flowers are having wild revelry on
the fashionable Leghorn hats, so univer-
sally worn In the country and city alike.
White felt hats either soft or less plia-
BILE are very picturesque and pretty, and
much worn at both the seashore and the
mountains.
Terra Gotta cloth basques, with velvet
collars and cuffs, are worn with plastrons
Rand kilt skirts of striped light and dark
terra Gotta silk.
A white straw hat sailor shape witt
only nband of ribbon about the crown
makes very stylish head gear to veal
with a mountain costume.
Changeable ribbons have come from
abroad, and it is predicted that ere lone
the changeable varieties will be worn te
the exclusion of the palmer specimens.
Leather color is a favorite slipper 70
Auntry wear, and is in moliere shap
with a square bronze buckle on the tol
and in the centre of a large bow OF satll
ribbon.
The blouse bodice simply fastenes a
the throat and waist by buckles, tn
smaller at the top, gains elegance there
by even when made of the least expen
sive wash goods.
The newest fans are Of gauze, crepe
or lisse, and spangled all over the stick
as well as the gauze with red, blue
green, gray, yellow, silver and gold TN
sci dots of various sizes.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
ID PHYSICIANS
| FAILED.

The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Inyalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. <,
has afforded a vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies.
DIR. pieFcess FavOrite Prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands of
testimonials, received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had bafied their skill, prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure of suffering women. It
ia not recommended as a " "cure-all," but
IS q most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
As q powerful, invig0raffng tonic,
it imparts strength to the whole system.
and to the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendages, in particular. For overworked,
f'Worn-out,' = rundown, debilitated teach
ers. milIiners. dressmakers, seamstresseS
ssshop-girls." h-ousekeepers, Nursing moth
ers, and feeble women generally Dr.
Pierce,s Fav0rite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being ~unequalled as an
apnetizing cordial and restorative tonic. It
prcSnotes digestion and assimilation of food,
Address. WORLDS DISE'
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Evanescent Fashions.

To say that anything is the fashion is
equivalent to saying that it is evanescent.
Fashions don't linger. We have had all
shades in hair. Sometimes the woman
with blue eyes has been voted the queen,
only to give way a few seasons later to
her sister with the brown or the black.
The fashions in bonnets, wraps, dresses,
gloves, or whatever else a woman wears
come and 60 with such rapidity that the
poor dears who are votaries never have
anything to wear. A year or two ago it
became the fashion for women to write
as their English cousins write. The
angular style of penmanship was all the
g Miss Rose Cleveland, whose
natural hand was anything but English,
fell into the fashion, and then, of course,
every woman in America had to do like
wise. Now comes a tutor in penman-
ship in one of the downtown CONNER
cial schools, who informs the club man
that the day of angular ~penmanship has
passed. 1t is English still in England,
for they don't change over there as often
as we do, but it not the proper caper any
more in this country. Asked what the
thing in penmanship now is the profess
sor replied, sob, a sCrt of careless
style-as if the writer didn't care. The
idea is that it denotes independence,
and the American girl of the present
day wants to make it appear that she
doesn't care a continental about any
body" So to be in style, be careless.
IChicago Mail.
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cures nausea. weakness Of stomach, indi-
gestion, bloating and eructations OF gas.
AS a soothing and strengthening
nervine," Favorite Prescription" is nn,
equalled and is invaluable in allaying and
.subduing nervous ~excitability, ~irritabillty,
exhaustion, prostration. hysteria. spasms
commonly attendant upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. 1t nduces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency.
Br. Piercess FavOrite Prescription
il q legitimate medicine carefully
compounded by al experienced and skillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. It is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless in its
"FavOrfte Prescription - lie a posi-
tive cure for the most complicated ana
obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or whites,
excessive flowing at monthly periods. pain
full m~enstruation. unnatural suppressions,
~prolapsus or falling of thu womb, weak
back, stfemale weakness" anteversion, re-
troversion, bearing-down sensations, enron
lie congestion, inflammation md lceratlon
of the womb. Inflammation, pain ana zen III
derness in o~varies, accompanied Win N
ternal heat"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
Evolution in G1rls' Names.

In a recent communication to the Ban
gor (Me.) Historical Magazine Joseph
Williamson, of Belfast, has given a list
of marriages in Belfast tow1 from ITO
PISA, inclusive. The names of most
sthem are familiar to-day. 1--WE find
Sohn, James, Charles, Jacob, Henry,
William, ETC., occurring again and again.
it is interesting to observe the names of
the women. Among them are Jarah,
Deborah, Lois, Keziah, Priscilla, Barshe-
ba, Theodate, Narassa, Grizel, Rachel,
Phoebe, Wealthy, Love, Charity, Tenn
perance.
/ The liz girls used but forty-five
Christian James among them. Polly,
Betsy, Sally, Jane, Susannah, Nanny,
Abigail and Mehitable, very popular
names among our g~randmothers, have
been put away, like the old ball dresses
and high heeled slippers that figured in
society in the days of General Knox.
To-day Distinguished by such names as
Annie, Alice, Mabel, Jenny and Grace,
the beauty transmitted from other gen.
~erations continues its perpetual sway.
Another thing noticeable is the disap-
pearance of such quaint names as
Wealthy, Love, Charity and Temper
ancc. They hGe gone with the Pollies
and Sallies. Delight alone among the
names of 1887 is left to suggest that a
trace of the old Puritan sentiment yet
survives. Is this evolution of names
only the result Of a change of custom
Or is it a natural dependent upon other
causes? Perhaps the names of to-day
are more refined and delicate sounds
when spoken, and therefore more ittingtc
the young ladies of 1887, who are adj
mitted, Of course, to have added the re.
fnement of the present to the inherited
beauty OF the past.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
LADIES DEPARTMENT.
women of the soudan.

MI women of the Soudan are all
,-assed alike, with a lower turkedi or
Iatb around the waist, hanging to the
sarles. q second sheet wound round the
s.av under the armpits, and a third
in the varied mode of a shawl on
al head and shoulders. The hair is
Uttered in a solid ridge of grease and
q. which extends from the brow to
4. name of the neck, something after
.ho manner of the crest of a helmet.
from each temple hangs a kind of stiff
,ove.lock. The ankles are adorned with
onormousIy heavy anklets of solid brass,
bar being little short of an inch and
If in thickness, the ends ornamented
Nth neatly made polygonal beads
Notbing better finished could be turned
out Of d European workshop. Round
the wrists are placed several more brass
bracelets, not so extensively made, but
collectively SO heavy that to ease their
arms the wearers are frequently seen
with hands clasped behind the head or
hanging down the backs. Their orna-
ments usually include a string of agate
heads made in the country. The women,
unlike the men, do not effect whits
colors. the more fashionable cloths be,
inc checks of dark blue, a Medium tint
Of the same, white and Magenta. Among
those who can afford expensive articles
he latter two colors are prevalent
IHarper's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
Hoo SpooIs are Made.

spools are easily made in large guam
titles by means of a bobbin lathe
worked by machinery. A boy feeds it
by dropping the blocks into a box or
hopper, and the machine turns them
and drops them out mi BY one, en-
tirely finished, at the other end. This
machine can make 1900 spools an hour.
-IInter-Ocean.
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Recipes.

PoTATo PUFF.-Take two cupfuls Of
xnashed potato and stir into it two table
~spoonfuls of melted butter, beating it to
a cream before adding anything else.
Then add two eggs beaten until they are
very light and a cup of milk, sailed to
taste; reix all well together and pour
into a deep dish and bake in a quick
oven.
STEwED ToMAToEs.-Take a dozen
good-sized tomatoes; put them into
boiling water to start the skins; after
removing the skins cut the tomatoes into
small pieces and put them into an ordi-
nary frying pan, then add half an onion
chopped fine, a piece of butter, and salt
and pepper to taste, and let the whole
simmer three-quarters of an hour.
RAISED DoUGHNUTs. In the morning
take one pint of warm milk, one cup OF
sugar, one-half cup of yeast, a little salt,
and set a sponge, making it ratherthick.
At night add one cup of sugar, one-half
cup of lard and two eggs; knead up and
let stand until morning. Then roll out
thin, cut round and let stand on the
moulding board till light. Fry in hot
lard.
BROWN THICKENING FoR SoUP.-This
is easily prepared, is always ready, and
will keep a long time, besides which it
gives a far richer flavor than any other
way of using -four thickening. Put into
a small saucepan half a pound of butter;
when hot stir int it half a pound of
very dry flour; stir this over the fire till
a pale brown, taking great care it does
not burn. One large tablespoonful
thickens a quart of soup.
CHOPS AND CAULIFLowER.-Soak a
| head of caulifower two hours in cold
| water, face downward. cut off all the
green leaves, and cook in salted water
half an hour. When thoroughly cooked
pour off the water, and pour over it a
sauce prepared in this way: Boil one
pint of milk, add a tablespoonful of but
ter, salt to taste; add the well-beaten
yolk of an egg, and thicken with oE.
t~easpoonful of corn starch. Arrange
broiled chops in a circle around the edge
of the platter.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
The hardest kind of pork is made of pig.
Consumption, Wasting Discusses,

And General Debility. Doctors disagree as to
the relative value of Cod Liver Oil and Hypo-
phosphites; the one supplying strength and
flesh, the other giving nerve power, and &C ing
as a tonic to the digest We and entire system.
But in SCoTs's EMULsIoNo of Cod Liver Oil with
Hypophcsph;tes the { o are combined, and The
effect is wonderful. Thousands who have de-
rived no permanent ENSf " 1lts from other prepa-
ravions have been cured by this. SCOTS Emul-
sion is perfectly paIatable and is easily digested
by those who cannot tolerate plain Col Liver
Oil.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
Ca.nnu Chfld.

Omaha mamma-s'Now dear, you must
invite one Of your little friends in to
share your candy"
Little Dot-aI.-I guess I'll invite
Lucy
.sWell, that will be nice
Eyes, candy makes her tooth ache an
she never eats mnch.IOmaha WoSta
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08

"There is evidently a great deal to be
learned about women" says a Philadel-
phia editor. There is, indeed, and the
best way to learn it is to ask some other
woman about it.-S0mercWe Journal.